World Radio Gardening
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Towns hanging baskets display
August 11, 2015 16:38 - 3 minutes - 4.91 MBLocal residents in the Essex town of Stanford-le-Hope are responsible for brighten the place up thanks to the addition of 28 hanging baskets which have been dotted about. James Bayford told Owen Ward how the scheme got off the ground.
A growing dahlia business
August 11, 2015 16:20 - 3 minutes - 5.12 MBIn recent years dahlias have seen a revival, and are particular popular in bride’s bouquets. Pheasant Acre Plants near Bridgend in South Wales grow over 600 different varieties, and more than 40,000 plants. Rob Evans explained to Ken Crowther how the business has grown over recent years.
Fields of blue borage
August 11, 2015 16:17 - 7 minutes - 10.5 MBA familiar sight across the Essex countryside is the fields of blue borage. With the drop in price of oil seed rape, borage is a good choice as a break crop for farmers who harvest it for its seed. The seeds are crushed and the oil extracted and used in pharmaceuticals, baby foods and cosmetics as farmer Hugh Pegrum told Ken Crowther.
Revegetating Australia
August 11, 2015 16:13 - 6 minutes - 8.5 MBTheorist, academic and journalist, Germaine Greer is putting nature back on land she owns in her native Australia. The land is surveyed to discover what is actually there; seeds are collected, propagated, hardened off for two years then replanted as she explained to Ken Crowther.
Success and failures on the organic garden
August 11, 2015 16:12 - 4 minutes - 6.47 MBOrganic gardener, radio and television presenter Bob Flowerdew recalls how difficult it was to get anything to grow at the start of the year. He told Ken Crowther about his poor carrot and parsnip crops and his wonderful cabbages.
Queensland Garden Expo
August 11, 2015 16:07 - 4 minutes - 5.91 MBThe Queensland Garden Expo is the biggest garden show in the north of Australia. The three day event attracts visitors from all over Australia and New Zealand with 500 stands, display gardens, specialist nurseries and loads more as John Mason has been finding out.
York Gate Garden
August 11, 2015 16:05 - 9 minutes - 12.6 MBYork Gate is a one-acre garden in the Arts and Crafts style, hidden behind the church of St John the Baptist in Adel on the outskirts of Leed. The gardens were bequeathed to Perennial, the charity dedicated to help people in horticulture, in 1994 ensuring the gardens could be continued to enjoy the public. Head gardener Adam Bowley showed Ken Crowther around.
Historic castle grounds
August 11, 2015 16:02 - 5 minutes - 7.53 MBThe 160 acre grounds of Hedingham Castle in Essex, include 110 acres of trees. The huge Liriodendron or tulip tree is one of the most impressive features. Head gardener Chris Wright gave Ken Crowther a tour to see some of the other delights to be found within the grounds.
Award winning dahlia’s
August 11, 2015 16:00 - 6 minutes - 8.35 MBGrowing plants since 1969, Tony from Devine Nurseries in Yorkshire spoke to Ken Crowther about winning his first trophy when he was 14-years-old when he won Best in Show at Leicester County Show for growing the pure white dahlia, Sterling Silver.
Hedingham Castle’s garden development
August 11, 2015 15:54 - 10 minutes - 14.8 MBAfter a number of years of neglect the historic gardens created in the 1700s at Hedingham Castle have been restored. Present owner Demetra Lindsay told Ken Crowther how they have worked to redevelop the gardens which had not been touched for nearly 60 years.
British juniper berries under
August 04, 2015 16:17 - 3 minutes - 5.2 MBOne of Ken Crowther’s favourites tipple is gin and tonic. But, have you wondered where the juniper berries that make your gin come from? Recent stories in the papers have suggested the British juniper is under threat as farming habits have changed over the last 50s years. Ken finds out more.
Magnificent magnolias
August 04, 2015 16:15 - 6 minutes - 3.22 MBAs winter heads into spring in Australia, there is one plant which really heralds the changing season, the deciduous magnolia. Judy Horton has fallen in love with them especially when they are in full flower and explains how to look after them.
Controlling bindweed
August 04, 2015 16:12 - 7 minutes - 9.96 MBIn the weed world bindweed is King growing unnoticed amongst other plants then bursting into bloom in July. Whilst it’s not a problem growing on wild neglected sites, most gardeners don’t want it in their gardens. Adam Pasco has advice on how to remove it from your garden.
New plant variety
August 04, 2015 16:09 - 6 minutes - 7.54 MBA lecturer at Writtle College in Essex has bred a new variety of Osteospermum. It has taken five years to breed, is hardy and needs very little care. Breeder John Cullum told Tim Gillett how the plant, called the Little Writtle was developed.
Essex salad producer
August 04, 2015 16:07 - 4 minutes - 4.79 MBSalad producer Angflaw from Frating near Colchester in Essex has become the first in the UK to produce Lamb’s Lettuce and has also just started producing miniature kale leaves. Managing director Dave Edwards spoke to Peter Holmes and told him how the production of Lamb’s lettuce had taken off.
Myddleton House kitchen garden
July 24, 2015 13:54 - 7 minutes - 10.8 MBCultivation of the kitchen garden at Myddleton House in Enfield started in 2009 when the working of clearing began with cutting down of trees and clearing of pathways, pigs were then brought in to root out the unwanted. Head Gardener, Andrew Turvey explained to Ken Crowther the work that has gone into the gardens.
Watering in the garden
July 24, 2015 13:53 - 5 minutes - 7.23 MBDuring the summer months with longer, hotter days something that gardeners worry about is keeping the garden watered. Mick Lavelle thinks it is important to think water wise when gardening, from using recycled water to picking plants that are drought tolerant as he told Ken Crowther.
Wild Gardens
July 24, 2015 13:52 - 5 minutes - 7.54 MBHelen Bostick from the RHS is very keen on wildlife gardening. Her interested started when she had her own garden and was able to observe all the insects, birds, reptiles that use her garden. She explained to Ken Crowther how it is possible to garden with nature.
Creating wildlife habitat
July 24, 2015 13:51 - 8 minutes - 11.4 MBThe RSPB is working with a variety of partners to ‘Give Nature a Home’. One of the areas they are working in is farmland. The team at Q Lawns in Norfolk are using a small amount of their land to grow wildlife habitat, as Nicky Williamson from the RSPB told Ken Crowther.
Turf farm
July 24, 2015 13:49 - 8 minutes - 11.6 MBShrubhill Farms Limited has been operating as an arable farm for more than 70-years. Q Lawns, a division of the company have been growing grass turf for 20-years. Q Lawn Farm director, Colin Brown explained to Ken Crowther how the turf side of the operation started.
World Garden of Plants
July 24, 2015 13:48 - 3 minutes - 5.07 MBLullingstone Castle in north west Kent is home to Tom Hart Dyke’s World Garden of Plants. His vision is to create a garden with plants for around the globe. Plant hunter Tom began going abroad to see plants in the wild when he was 18-years-old. He told Ken Crowther about his search for plants.
Growth of Harrod Horticulture
July 24, 2015 13:47 - 5 minutes - 8.14 MBTrade Manager Andrew Barringer explains how Mr Harrod started the company in 1954 buying netting for the fishing fleets to the gardening company it is today manufacturing netting to the sports industry and constructing steel structures for the garden.
The Organic Lawn
July 24, 2015 13:46 - 7 minutes - 10.6 MBGrass is the most prolific plant on the planet and is there to be enjoyed rather than become a chore. A well kept lawn with stripes in it will smarten up any area, but organic gardener Mike Thurlow argues whether it is important to eradicate any plant that is not a grass at any cost.
Natural way to get rid of pests
July 24, 2015 13:45 - 5 minutes - 7.02 MBOne of the easiest and natural ways to get rid of pests in your garden is to use nematodes. Nematodes are a parasite which controls all the pests in the garden. Particularly effective against the number one pest slugs, they can also be used against vine weevil, caterpillars and ants as Chris Holden explained to Ken Crowther.
Growing carnivorous plants
July 24, 2015 13:44 - 3 minutes - 4.17 MBMathew Soper from Hampshire Carnivorous Plants explains how easy carnivorous plants are to grow. His love of them started as a seven year with a Venus Flytrap, which he fed a piece of cheese and killed it. He told Ken Crowther how the collection has grown over the last 20 years.
Bayer July Podcast
July 17, 2015 17:33 - 14 minutes - 34 MBBayer podcast talking about Holidays and how to look after your garden.
Growing alpines
July 10, 2015 09:33 - 5 minutes - 7.21 MBKeith Passmore from Premier Alpines has been growing alpines for the last 10-years. They sell wholesale to garden centres across the country and have seen an increase in demand as gardeners are growing them as bedding. He explained to Ken Crowther how the plants are grown.
Waterlilies
July 10, 2015 09:33 - 4 minutes - 6.83 MBJane Sandals from the Dorset Water Lily Company talks about the different types of waterlilies available and why they are still a popular choice for ponds. She told Ken Crowther that contemporary ponds are proving popular, and how waterlilies can be used to enhance them.
Garden structures
July 10, 2015 09:33 - 7 minutes - 10.8 MBAndrew Barringer, Trade Manager of Harrod Horticultural talks to Ken Crowther about how they have developed a new range of structures for the garden which aim to complement what gardeners already have in their own gardens.
Gardening for children
July 10, 2015 09:17 - 4 minutes - 6.83 MBHarrod Horticulture has been working with schools for a number of years to encourage children into gardening. They have set up a website called ‘Budding Gardeners’ which offers advice on what to grow, where to grow and how to grow making it fun for youngsters.
Tv Gardening
July 10, 2015 09:16 - 2 minutes - 3.69 MBTelevision gardening presenter David Domoney works as part of ITV’s gardening show, ‘Love Your Garden’. Each week the team create a garden which adds a quality of life to deserving families. He told Ken Crowther about the pleasures and pitfalls of working on a TV Gardening programme.
Starting a plant nursery
June 24, 2015 15:03 - 5 minutes - 6.92 MBTV gardener and author Toby Buckland has taken a brave step and started a plant nursery in the grounds of Powderham Castle in Devon. He spoke to Ken Crowther, who used to run a nursery himself, about why he decided to have a go himself.
Gardens open for charity
June 24, 2015 14:57 - 8 minutes - 11.4 MBThis year the National Garden Scheme has nearly 4,000 people opening their gardens to the public and raising money for the charities they support. The scheme was founded in 1927, to provide a hardship fund for district nurses. Today the money goes to a variety of charities as Chris Morley told Ken Crowther.
Actress Lesley Joseph
June 24, 2015 14:54 - 3 minutes - 4.59 MBWorld Radio Gardening’s Ken Crowther caught up with Birds of Feather’s actress Lesley Joseph at The Chelsea Flower Show to find out what she enjoys about her garden.
The Peoples Gardener
June 24, 2015 14:43 - 7 minutes - 10.5 MBRadio and TV gardener Matthew Biggs is probably best known as a panellist on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Gardener’s Question Time’. He has started collecting species pelargonium’s from South Africa. He told Ken Crowther how the collecting started.
Head gardener at Chatsworth
June 24, 2015 14:40 - 2 minutes - 3.74 MBThe gardens at Chatsworth House have been opened to the public for hundreds of years, with visitor numbers topping three quarters of a million. Head gardener Steve Porter says it’s important to maintain things in the grounds but they also want to add new things as he told Ken Crowther.
Driftwood sculptures
June 24, 2015 14:38 - 7 minutes - 9.88 MBSculpture James Doran Webb uses thousands of pieces of driftwood to create his life-size sculptures. The wood comes from the Philippines from around Cebu where James has lived and worked for the last 30-years. He explained to Ken Crowther how the pieces are constructed.
Chelsea Flower Show garden
June 24, 2015 14:34 - 4 minutes - 6.78 MBWhen garden designer Dan Pearson was coming up with ideas for his Chelsea Flower Show garden for sponsor Champagne Laurent-Perrier they suggested he look to Chatsworth for inspiration. The garden won gold and was awarded Best Show Garden, Dan talked to Ken Crowther about the garden.
Graham Ross
June 23, 2015 14:03 - 4 minutes - 6.5 MBHorticulturalist, author and television presenter Graham Ross has often been described as the Alan Titchmarsh of Australia. They do a lot of similar things, both presented their own versions of Ground Force as well as hosting radio and TV programmes. Graham told Ken Crowther about his work down under.
Victorian violas
June 23, 2015 14:03 - 4 minutes - 6.8 MBAs a small boy Rob Chapman began growing violas. Over the past eight to 10 years Rob has concentrated on breeding new varieties and saving more of the heritage varieties which have been around for more than 100 years. Rob told Ken Crowther about his breeding programme.
Clematis varieties
June 23, 2015 14:03 - 9 minutes - 13.3 MBDoncaster based Taylors Clematis Nursery was started in the early 1980s, at a time when clematis started to become really trendy. The nursery is run by Chris Cox and his wife Suzy who took over the running from Suzy’s parents who founded the company. Chris and Ken Crowther discussed which varieties are popular today.
Garden Academy
June 23, 2015 13:38 - 6 minutes - 9.26 MBNow in its second year the Homebase Garden Academy has been working really well. The programme offers people aged 16 the opportunity to learn about garden planning and design, gain knowledge on planting and landscaping as well as learning practical skills. Mentor Adam Frost told Ken Crowther about the benefits of the scheme.
Streptocarpus plants
June 23, 2015 13:31 - 2 minutes - 4.1 MBLynne Dibley is second generation, following in her father Rex’s footsteps. He started the Dibleys Nursery in 1976 as a mail order hobby, working on it part time. Lynne and her brother got involved in the 1980s and have taken the business forward. Lynne explained to Ken Crowther how to grow streptocarpus successfully.
Cottage plants
June 23, 2015 13:12 - 3 minutes - 4.64 MBRosy Hardy has been running her Hampshire based nursery since 1988. Winners of 20 RHS Chelsea Gold Medals, Hardy’s Cottage Plants have noticed gardeners tastes are changing year on year. This year the more natural look is popular with a bit of zing, which makes an interesting mix as she explained to Ken Crowther.
Gardening actors
June 23, 2015 13:09 - 1 minute - 1.75 MBDownton Abbey actor Jim Carter and his actress wife Imelda Staunton are keen gardeners who love pottering in their garden as they told Ken Crowther.
Classic Roses
June 23, 2015 13:07 - 6 minutes - 8.66 MBPeter Beale Roses from Attleborough in Norfolk is a Chelsea Flower Show favourite, showing more than 300 types of ramblers and climbers. Tina Limmer talked to Ken Crowther about some of her favourite roses.
Gladioli addict
June 23, 2015 13:04 - 4 minutes - 6.66 MBRob Evans from Pheasant Acre Plants near Bridgend in South Wales is a gladioli addict. It all started because his father grew chrysanthemums and he wanted to grow something different. Gladioli go in and out of fashion, but displays at shows like Chelsea means they currently doing well as Rob told Ken Crowther.